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HMONB PA"La II AVOL. XXXI. NO, 180.Richmond, Indiana, Monday Morning, August 6, 1906.Single Copies, One Cent.THERICABIITMeSTEAMER WRECKED;385 ARE CROWNEDItalian Steamship, Sirio, GoesDown at Cape Palos. OffCoast of Spain.THE CAPTAIN SUICIDEDBTEAMER WAS GOING AT A HIGHRATE OF SPEED WHEN HERBOW STRUCK LARGE ROCKPANIC ENSUED.rnMlfhfrs' PressLondon, Ens., Aug. T. The Martrid correspondent of the CentralNews wires that the Italian steamer(Sirio) plying between Genoa ami Alexandria, Egypt, has been wrecked onHormigas Rocks near Cape Palos, offthe coast of Spain, and that of lP.Oemigrants on hoard were drowned. Her captain was among those saved hut he committed suicide afterRetting ashore.Scenes of horror attended thewrecking of the steamer.According to advices received here,the vessel with n full complement ofemigrants, was off the southern coastof Shit-, when In the early morning.fhe lost her course ami in a heavy,mist struck head on the rocks.The steamer was going full speedahead when she struck. Her how was;ninipled up and ;i great, hole was ripped in : hull forward. Through thishole tin water rushed in lmmciis;i'olumo Hooding the forward holds infi few seconds.Panic seized the emigrants. Thechock wa s terrible and everyone onthe shii was hurled down by the Impact of the hull upon the rocks. Thosesleeping on the decks were scatteredabout and confusion reigned from theInstant of the accident.The passengers commenced a rushfor (lie small boats In which manywere killed and maimed. The crewwas unable to cope with the panicnnd finally joined In the mad battlefor snfety. The emigrants drew kniveswith which nearly all of them wereapplied, and fought like demons toobtain places in the life boats as theyBwung in the davits.Women and children were Ignored,Rome of the former lighting like men,though' the i.-a jority wee hurledaside or trampled to death in thestampede. Men stabbed one anotherIn fearful hand to hand conflictsabout the boats, or fought barehandedwith the ferocity of animals.The women and children a numberwere thrown overboard and left todrown. Others then threw theirchildren into the water and leaped after them.Horrible strife on the ship lastednot more than a minutes, for withinscarcely that period of time the shipfilled and sank. She sank by thebow, which slipped off the rocks intodeep water. The bust, desperatedeeds by the maddened passengersvere committed as the vessel washeaving over. Withir the minutewhich followed the ship's striking andpreceding her sinking, many were killed outright.Most of the small boats werelaunched, packed with passengers,and some few were picked tip in thewater. Numerous swimmers wirebeaten away from the lifeboats orstabbed as they attempted to climbaboard, those already crowding theboats fearing that they would be overloaded and swamped.Many were carried down with theBirlos as she sank, having been belowdecks when the ship struck and having no timo to reach the open. Theywere drowned between decks likerats .without a chance of escaping.OLD SCHOLARS' REUNIONJUDGE ABBOTT, SPEAKEROld Scholars cfsthe Penville SchoolHeld Their Annual Gathering inSwallovs Grove Saturday Day, . Was a Pleasant One.uThe old pupi's ,, the Penvilleschools held their annual picnic inSwallow's r,roe Saturday. The daywas a very pleasant one. being tilledwith reminiscences, and a line dinner. Judge Luther ( Abbott delivered the address which was a verytimely one. The theme of the Judge'saddress was that s'etrtiment ruled theworld. A resolution was introducedto change the meeting place to Jackson Park b it it was voted down andthe picnic will be held in the customary place next year.Will Reduce Force.New PnrL. V Aug.(SpIVchange will go into effect nt the local telephone exchange board in twoweeks by which the force will hejedluced in number. Miss ElizabethSuucrs will probably resign. Miss Sawres is one of the most; efficient of theoperators and patrons will have reason to resret her departure.THE WEATHER PROPHET.INDIANA Fair Monday and Tuesday; light variable winds.OHIO Showers generally with cooler in extreme south portion; Tuesday fair and warmer: fresh southwinds becoming variable.VERDICT IS MENHi REED HOMICIDECoroner Markley Holds ThatMrs. Simcoke's Act Wasa Justifiable One.REED HELD TO BE INSANEFINDING ENDS ONE OF TlE MOSTPECULIAR CASES THAT HASCOME TO LOCAL POLICE FORSEVERAL YEARS.Coroner Stephen C. Markley completed his inquest in the Reed homicide case Saturday night and last evening signed his verdict, which follows: "I, Stephen C. Markley, coroner ofWayne County. Indiana .having examined the body of Edward C. Reed andheard the testimony of the witnesses,do hereby find that the said deceasedcame to his death the :11st day of July, WOfi, from a pistol-shot, wound inthe chest, inflicted by Mrs. WilliamQ. Simcoke, while defending herselfin her own home against a criminalassault, by the said Edward C. Reed.The evidence shows that. Edward C.Reed has been mentally unbalancedfor the past two years, and that recently he hail become insanely infatuated with said Mrs. Simcoke. Thecircumstances surrounding this homicide indicate that Mrs. William Q.Simcoke was justified in the extrememeasures to which she resorted."This ends one of the most peculiarcases which has come under the scrutiny of the authorities for many years.BY BAD WRECKSTwo Bad Railroad Collisionsand a Trolley Car WreckYesterday.LUCKY ACCIDENT AT AKRONBY A MIRACLE ONE HUNDREDPASSENGERS ESCAPE WHATLOOKED TO BE SURE DEATHFIREMAN KILLED AT JOPLIN.Publishers' TressJoplin, Mo., Aug. r. Frisco passenger train No. ;)02. enrouto to St. Louis,was wrecked in this city this morning.Michael O'Neill, fireman, was killed.E. J. Warren, engineer sustained injuries necessitating the amputation of jan arm and may die and Express Mes-!senger George Sheld was thrownagainst the side of his car with such jforce that an arm was broken and heceived internal injuries. The engine jand three cars left the track.Several boys were seen about the !switeh shortly before the wreck and iit is believed the wreck was due totheir tampering with it.SIDESWIPE AT AKRON.Akron. (., Aug. .". Ry a miracle, ii0 passengers on a northboundCleveland, Akron and Columbus pas- 'senger train escaped in a side wipe ;collision with the H adson-Barbeton 'short southbound at Silver Lake jSiding . ! 1 o'clock this morning. !The northbound train pulled into the jsiding and was side wined by thesouthbound train. The woman's coachW-tms tinned over on its too. Elevenpassengers were slightly hurt. Eight 'of them were taken to Cleveland hos- jpitals. iFATAL TROLLEY COLLISION.Allentown, Pa., Aug. T. Two heavily loaded trolley cars, one on its wayfrom Philadelphia to Allentown andthe other bound fo a cainpmecting.collided two miles routh of this citythis afternoon, killing John Essr, motorman of the Philadelphia car. andinjuring more than a score of passengers, of whom thc-e were betweenseventy ;ind eighty in each car.Peredes in America.Publishers' PropsNew York. Aug. T. Among the passengers who arrived today on thesteamer Grenada from Trinidad wasGeneral Antonio Peredes. of Venezuela. He was released from prison byPresident Castro several years agowith the expectation that he would assist Castro. He went to Trinidad instead.SUNDAY MARKEDJESUS' TEACHINGSCURBING TRUSTSThe Rev. Alfred T. WareShows Effect of Christianity on Government.WAS A POWERFUL' SERMONWAS THE FOURTH OF A SERIESOF POPULAR OPEN AIR SERMONS AT EAST MAIN STREETFRIENDS' CHURCH.With the subject, "Jesus and theState," the Rev. Alfred T. Ware ofthe East Main street Friends' churchlasr night showed that the presentcurbing of great combines is l.trgeyduo to the teaching of Christianity.The Rev. Mr Ware pointed out thatJesus had taught that governmentshould exist for the benefit of thegoverned. Hr drew the connection between the teaching: of the Messiahand the present tendency of the National and state governments to demand that the individual should befairly dealt with by the large organizations of capital.It was the fourth in the series ofpopular sermons that the Rev. Mr.Ware is giving on Jesus and his relations to labor, capital, government,etc.. and was perhaps the best of theseries.In his sermon the Rev. Mr. Warepointed out that while Jesus when helived in Palestine was not a revolutionist yet his teaching of equalitysought to reconstruct the idea of government at that time, and has tendedto change the views on the subjectto this day. The four classes of government, individualistic, socialistic,communistic and anarchistic weredwelt on. The sneaker contended thatthe American government was a combination of individualism and socialism. The peculiar spirit of the American people he showed had developeda type of government peculiarly theirown.Next Sunday the Rev. Mr. Warewill answer questions that may havebeen suggested to his congregationby the oast four srmons. He has requested that the questions be writtenout before the sermon although hemay answer verhsl questions.FARMER FORCED TO PAYTREASURER TOO SHREWDGrant County Tiller of the Soil SaidHe Wouldn't Settle For His TaxesBut He Did Nevertheless An Interesting Story.Fairmount, Ind., Aug. 5 (Spl)County Treasurer Walter S. Neal hascollected $00 delinquent taxes fromIsaiah R. Hosier, a Liberty townshipfarmer, who had refused payment, after adding that the official and his deuties were simply a gang of scoundrels, so it is said, and that he wouldpay them nothing. The story is interesting. Hosier was in Marion Wednesday when the bill for his taxeswas presented. He did not pay it, andtold Treasurer Neal that in case heattempted to levy on. his personalproperty lie would find nothing whenhe arrived at his home. Thinking thatit was time to act. Neal and DeputyJohn Burden boarded the same carto this city that Hosier occupied andfound upon their arrival here thathe was keeping a valuable stallion onWest Washington street. All arrangements were made to attach the animal, which would have amply satisfied the amount due the county. Wheneverything was in readiness Hosierwas notified of the intentions of theofficials and told that he must settleat or.ce or the action would be commenced. Although loath to do so, hegave a bankable note which Treasuer Neal cashed and carried the moneyto Marion with him on the next car. jIt is said that had Hosier not got'sassy" when the bill was presentedto him, the action would not havebeen taken at this time and that healone was responsible for bringingthe matter to a close.REV. HUNTINGTON HERESyracuse Minister Occuoied the Pulpit at the St. Paul's EpiscopalChurch Yesterday.The Rev. D. C. Huntington, of Syra- jcue. New York, who preached to the 1congregation of St. Pav.l' Episcopal jchurch yesterday pleased his hearers jvery much, and he was the recipient ;of many congratulations. Rev. Hun-lington has not said whether he will !accept a call from the local parish or Inot, but probably will by next week, iIn case that he should not be able to jpreach next Sunday his brother willoccupy the pulpit.To Visit Old Home.i! Judjre Luther C. Abbott will leavethis week for a month's visit in andabout Boston. The Judge visits the! scene of his childhood at least onceI each year and some years oftner.I ft r tVGOLDIE RYDERNOW IN CITY JAILShe of Many Escapades MustServe Remainder of Sentence in Strong Box.SHE FELT MUCH AT HOMEWAS GREATLY INTERESTED INPICTURES IN THE ROGUE'S GALLERY AND THOUGHT A FRIENDLOOKED NATURAL.Ooldie Kelly Ryder, who recentlyescaped from the Home for theFriendless by the aid of a teaspoonand the two Toney girls, was takeninto custody again yesterday morning.She was found at the home of LeRoyKing on North 10th street, in company with her husband and King. Allthree were taken to police headquarters, where Goldie will be compelledto serve the remainder of her term.No charges were placed against themen. . tGoldie seemed to take her re-captureas a matter of course and willingly went with the officers. Withtwo large picture huts and a couplebundles of clothes'under her arm, sheimmediately made herself "to hum."In the afternoon she was allowed outof her "apartments" long enough toget a drink of water. As she passedViP IRogu's Gallery she asked tosee a friend's picture whom she styledas 'George." It was shown her andshe gently murmured: "Now don't helook natural."It is hard predicting just what willbe done with Goldie this time. TheHome for the Friendless has proved a"snap" to her confinement and she declares the "stuffy room in the top ofthe city jail is too hot" for this timeof the year.Goldie told the police that the twoToney girls are still in the country tothe south of the city. The police" areskeptical.IS NOT LIKE INDIANAMr. and Mrs. Walter Crull Dissatisfied With West and SouthwestMay Return to Milton.Milton. Ind.. Aug. o. (Spl) Walter!Crull and wife who left in the springfor Washington State found it notsuitable for Mrs. Crull's health. Theythen went to Arizona which they verymuch dislike. The thermometer is11 in the shade and 130 in the shopwhere Mr. Crull works. Indiana"looks good" to them and it is proba- jble they soon will return to this greatstate.GEO. SCHWEGMAN GOT ITWas Given the Horse and BuggyWhich the Eagles Offered in Connection With Carnival.George Schwegman, meat marketman of South 5th street, was accorded the Eagles' gift of a horse androad wagon as he had number 3 OS 7.MRSAT THE POLITICAL SEASIDE .i WHAT'S THE ANSWER?CRANKS AT OYSTER DAYANOTHER ONE ARRESTEDMan Giving His Profession as An Attorney, and Home as Washington,Arrested on the President's GroundsGiven Five Days in Jail.Publishers PressOyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 5. Early today, the secret service men guardingSagamore Hill, arrested a man whogave his name as Karl Cook, his occupation as a lawyer, and his home asWashington, D. C. Cook was wandering aimlessly up the road and it isnot at all certain that he knew onwhose grounds he happened to bewhen he was gathered in. "Squire"Franklin gave him $5 or live days.Cook chose the latter because he didnot have the former. During thehearing he said that he had walkedfrom Brooklyn to avoid appearing incourt."What did they want you to go tocourt for?" asked the judge."To find out whether I was insaneor not," gravely replied the prisoner.BOLD HORSE THIEFAnimal Stolen by Daring Manfrom Near a Church inElwood.FARMERS ARE ORGANIZINGTHEIR PURPOSE IS TO PROTECTTHEMSELVES FROM ATTACKSOF THEMARAUDERS.Elwood, Ind., Aug. 5. (Spl) Ahorse theft in broad daylight is thelatest to be reported to the police. A..1. Morgan, residing north of the city,drove to Elwood, hitched hn horseon North A street, near the M. E.church, about 1 o'clock and on goingafter it two hours later, found itgone. The police have a descriptionand are making a search for the property. The committee appointed by thefarmers and citizens last Saturday toarrange for the organization of ananti-horse thief society, hold a rr.eetg this evening at police headuarters and selected the men to beginthe organization, reliabe citizens onwhose recommendation other members will be taken in under the rulesadopted.The association will make every effort to keep out of the association persons who may have connection directly or indirectly with the horsethieves who are operating.Harry North on Board.Miton, Ind., Aug 5. (Spl) Harry 'North' was appointed by the townboard to succeed his father John jNorth on the school board- iWORKS T MENEWBOLES HELPSMALL COLLEGESProf. Sackett of Earlham, Discusses Football Outlookfor This Fall.BETTER FOR THE PUBLICHE THINKS PLAY WILL BE SPEEDIER AND THERE WILL BE MOREINDIVIDUAL WORK LIGHTERMEN CAN PLAY.Prof. Ilobt. L. Sackett. of EarlhamCollege, who has .always- been one ofthe foremost men in directing the affairs of the I. C. A. L., and who hasbeen advocating a more open play infootball, is much pleased with thefootball rules under which the Indiana colleges will play this fall.In speaking of the rules yesterday,Prof. Sackett. said:"They cau not help but benefitteams of the smaller colleges such ascompose .the Indiana College League.Speedy men who have been makinggood in track athletics will be valuable players on the small school teamsthis season. The rules will not tendto raise the. standard of the game froma scientific standpoint, but they willmake the play more pleasing to thepublic and less dangerous to thosetaking part in it."This season there will be morelong passes and kicking. This isbound to please the spectator as hewill get to watch the individual player more. Football, tinder the newsystem, will tend, to assume the popularity that baseball has attained.The people like to watch the rdav ofone man out in the on. a. They liketo see him run with the ball. get. tackled and make a pretty kick. Thisflesire will be gratified more than ever before this year."The I. C. A." L. will not observe theFreshmen rule nor will it demand of a3 ' whether or not the Board of Pubthe schools in the league that they',ic Wnrks would permit the street carplay but five games this season. At !''f,;ni':i"' ,f huihl a switch into thethe conference of faculty representa-I f:Uin this -vear to accommodate thotives it was decided that as many of ' ( "hautauqua traffic, but there is nothe school had already secured rnore'flo"h! hut that ,he 8P,Jr win hG n'than five games, the rule should not. ! -sf nK as prominent officials of thebe strictly enforced. The spirit of it street car company stated recentlywill be observed, however, and there j ,hat th" n'ipany would build the fipurwill not be as many games as in past if tno consent of the council andseason. The Freshmen rute will not L"ard of Public Works could be obbe observed, as there is little necessi- : tained. Several members of thety for such a rule in the small col- j eouncil and the majority of the memlege. j hers of the Board of Public Works,"Notwithstanding that Indiana's : h;ive sta!ed !hat- the street car cornsmall college league will ignore some ''an-v W''M be given the permission toof the rules. I think that there- will bea cleaner game of football played bythe minor schools than by the colleges in the Big Nine."There is one hardship that the newrules are working on Earlham. Thedesire to cutdown the number ofthe demand for homegames, raises?ames, and Earlham students will notget to see their team play as often asheretofore."Sterns Home Burned.Publishers' Press!Middletown, N. Y., Aug .5. Lehman Sterns "mansion on Highlandsavenue, one of the finest in the city,was destroyed by fire today entailinga loss of $40,000. It is believed thatincendiaries started the conflagration.GREAT STRIKE ISNOT SUCCESSFULSome Organizations Lackingto Make Russian Movement Successful.MINOR RIOTS REPORTEDIN NEARLY EVERY INSTANCEWHERE TROOPS AND PEOPLECLASH THE SOLDIERS COMEOUT AHEAD.PuMlshors' Press!St. Petersburg. Aug. 7 a. m. Asthe hours go by ii becomes more andmore apparent that; the authoritieseven with the grand support lent themby the troops of all branches, cannotprevent the outbreak, but it alsoconies home to the people of Russi.ithat there is not the slightest chancoof the general revolutionary movement being successful at present.The general si rike movement is dying at its birth. To make it successful it was necessarv that theitelegraph operators, railroad employesand postal men join it, but so far they;have, evinced no desire to take: part in,the movement against the government.. It is J rue that, the factory employees are "oSit" as well as the printers, but even these organizations nranot strongly entrenched in the affecfcons of their membership as hasbeen the case in the past, and thomore prominent members and leaderare not showing any unusual ardour,in going to the front'with their fellowworkers.Minor riots have been reported inmany parts of Russia and-in Keveralinstances there has been lighting be-,tween troops and the people, but inevery case ,so far as can ho learned,the army is triumphant, although alldetails are suppressed.A number of bomb casualties arereported from Moscow.GIVEN TICKET . TO DAYTONMrs. Laura Belle Morrow Feels Certain That She Will Find HerHusband There.Mrs. Laura Belle Morrow, the Cherokee Indian woman who walked fromEast St. Louis to Richmond in a little over five weeks, and pushed ayear and a half old baby before her'in a cart, was given transportation toDayton by the local police authorities yesterday morning. She expressed her gratitude and says that nhois certain that she will find her hus-jband at his twin sister's home. Tho,woman started out on a search forher year old spouse who left hishome six weeks ago, without leavingany trace of his whereabouts. It is'the woman's opinion that he is with,bis twin-sister for whom he has avery strong attraction.GLEN SPUR WILLBE BUILT AGAIN:Street Car Company to Lay1Track into Park for theChautauqua."BD. OF WORKS FAVORS IT:IT IS NOT THOUGHT THE OLpFEAR ABOUT THE TRACK BEING KEPT IN GLEN WILL BE REVIVED THIS YEAR.There has been much speculationbuild again ,on the condition that thetrack woul4 Df- torn up .so soon as theChautauqua was over.Even though the building of theswitch is a great accommodation toChautauqua patrons as well as to the; street car company, trouble nas arisen! each vear ovrr it, owing to the fact; tnat several members of the last coun-cil were afraid to allow the car company to run a &pur into the Glen,thinking that they were liable to takethe advantage and run another lineon into the grounds. They also stated that the spur was unsightly as itwas on the Main street side of theGlen and therefore should be torn up,as sewn as each Chautauqua was over.It is very probbale that the matterwill be decided definitely tonight atthe regular meeting of the city council.